The sources of hospital cost variability

Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 927-939

  Dormont, Brigitte ^a,b   Milcent, Carine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b IEMS   (Switzerland)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hospital costs; Moral hazard; Panel data; Unobservable hospital heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 6344277999     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.935     Document Type: Article

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